Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics Core and Extended CD-ROM

Calculator worksheet 1
1 Use your calculator to simplify each of the following.

144 237 480

(a) 196 (b) (c)
363 768
525 5769 0.4
(d) (e) 32691 (f)
700 0.5

2 Use your calculator to simplify each of these.

5 3 1 1 3 7
(a)  (b)  (c) –
8 8 2 4 4 9

2 3 1 1 3
(d) + (e)   (f)
5 2 4
15 16 3 3 7 – 3 + 9
7

3 2 1 1
(g) × 50 256 (i) 
4 7 (h) 128 500 7 3

2 3 1 1 3 5
(j)  (k) 3 4 (l) 2 1
5 7 2 3 4 7

5 8 1 12
(m) 6  (n) 8 20 (o) 1117 ÷ 19
11 9 4 18 13

1 1 3 1 1
3 1 7 3 3 2.8 1.44

(p) 6 2 4 (q) 4 2 (r) 0.7 0.6

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Answers

If your calculator displays the answer in the form of don’t forget to write the answer as a
4
common (vulgar) fraction i.e. as .
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36 79 5
1 (a) (b) (c)
49 121 8

For 1(f) your calculator might give

3 3 4 you an answer as a decimal (0.8). To
(d) (e) (f) (0.8)
4 17 5 convert the decimal answer to a
common fraction using your
calculator, use the ‘S D’,
1 1 ‘F D’ or equivalent button.
2 (a) (b)
3 (c) 
4 4 36
For some questions such as 2(e), your
calculator will probably give you the
31 answer as an improper fraction; you
77 23 2 (f)
(d) (e) =1 will have to change it to a mixed
240 21 21 63
fraction yourself.

3 1 3
(g) (h) (i)
14 5 7

For 2(r) your calculator might give

you an answer as a decimal (9.6);
14 5
(j) (k) (l) 29 1 1 remember to use the ‘S D’,
15 6 28 28 ‘F D’ or equivalent button on
your calculator to convert it to a
common fraction. In this example,
2795 after pressing this button you might
(m) 71 6 5 (n) 180 (o) 48
11 11 4662 get an improper fraction ( ) that
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needs to be changed to the mixed
3
113 5 13 3 fraction 9 . You will have to do this
(p) 9 (q) (r) 9 (or 9.6) 5
12 12 14 5 without the calculator.

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